Welcome to another week’s notes on our family life, including an update on our adoption process for “Valentine” (not his real name), the 10-year-old orphan from Eastern Europe that we hosted last summer (though it’s not particularly exciting news). 1,111 more words

My parents never give me and my siblings Christmas presents. Before you start to think my parents are stingy, every December 5th, we’re all supposed to leave a shoe out and in the morning ‘St. 367 more words